Welcoming agricultural journalists to Berlin this evening was the CEO of Messe Berlin, the company that organizes International Green Week. He’s Raimund Hosch and I interviewed him after the presentation.

Raimund describes his organization which puts on huge shows like this one throughout the year. When I get to the venue tomorrow I’m sure I’ll collect some interesting statistics for you.

One of the interesting things Raimund points out is how this big agricultural food show has become a very political scene as each year more and more politicians use it as a platform to make a case for their various positions. Each year a different country plays “host” to the show and this year it’s Germany. However, Raimund says that Germany decided to take a back seat and make the publicized host the European Union. They’ve got to like that.

Listen to my interview with Raimund:ifaj-berlin-2007-1.mp3